Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

What Pleasant Valley Baptist Church does

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation headquartered at 1600 Route 291 in Liberty, Missouri, serving the Northland region of the Kansas City metropolitan area. The church operates two Sunday worship services at 9am and 10:45am, available both in-person and via YouTube live streaming. It maintains a 117-person staff supporting a comprehensive portfolio of faith-based programs organized around five core ministry verticals: PV Kids (birth through 5th grade), PV Students (6th-12th grade), Adult Ministries, Care Ministries, and Mission Engagement. The organization also operates three wholly-owned program subsidiaries: Kids Connection Learning Center (KCLC), a part-time Christian preschool for ages 18 months through Pre-K; Upward Sports, a youth athletics program in basketball, flag football, and soccer; and PV Counseling Center, providing professional mental, emotional, and spiritual counseling services.

The church's technology stack is built on third-party platforms rather than proprietary systems, utilizing the Church Center app for digital giving, event registration, and child check-ins, alongside YouTube for service streaming and RightNow Media for on-demand Bible study content distribution. It holds ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability) accreditation, indicating compliance with financial transparency and governance standards for religious nonprofits.

Revenue is generated primarily through voluntary tithes and offerings from congregation members (collected via Church Center app, in-person giving, mail, or drop box), supplemented by recurring KCLC preschool tuition ($270-$300/month) and one-time Upward Sports registration fees. The church maintains international mission partnerships in Sierra Leone, India, Greece, and Ecuador, and operates a range of community-based programs including Community Groups, Discipleship Groups, marriage ministry (Merge, SYMBIS, Re|Engage), and life-crisis support (GriefShare, DivorceCare). Marketing and outreach occur across multiple channels including the church website, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, email newsletter, and two podcasts.

Name

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

Legal name

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church

Website

https://pleasantvalley.org

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation in Liberty, Missouri, serving families in the Kansas City Northland area through worship services, children's and student ministries, a preschool, youth sports, counseling, and global mission partnerships.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Religious Services

NAICS

Religious Organizations (8131), Voluntary Health Organizations (813212)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351), Services-Membership Sports & Recreation Clubs (7997), Services-Misc Health & Allied Services, Nec (8090)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Church worship services
• Religious education
• Youth ministry
• Preschool programs
• Community outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Liberty

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tithes and Offerings: Primary revenue through voluntary donations from congregation members. Members give through Church Center app, in-person giving boxes, mail, or drop box. Church is ECFA accredited for financial accountability.
2. KCLC Preschool Tuition: Part-time preschool program with monthly tuition. 2-day program (Tuesday/Thursday) at $270/month, 3-day program (Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday) at $300/month for 2026-2027 school year.
3. Upward Sports Registration: Youth sports programs including soccer, basketball, and flag football with player and volunteer registration fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church delivers weekly in-person and online worship services along with a comprehensive portfolio of faith-based ministries. Its core offerings include children's, student, and adult ministries, a part-time preschool (KCLC), youth sports (Upward Sports), care and counseling programs, marriage ministry, community and discipleship groups, and local and global mission engagement.

Product overview

Pleasant Valley Baptist Church offers a comprehensive portfolio of faith-based programs and ministries as a single unified church organization. The core offerings include weekly worship services (in-person and online streaming), PV Kids Ministry (birth-5th grade), PV Students Ministry (6th-12th grade), and Upward Sports. Supporting ministries include Kids Connection Learning Center (preschool), Care Ministries (GriefShare, DivorceCare, counseling), Community Groups and Discipleship Groups (D-Groups), Marriage Ministry (Merge, SYMBIS, Re|Engage), Women's (SHE) and Men's Ministries, Twenty-Somethings Ministry, Mission Engagement (local and global), the Church Center digital giving platform, RightNow Media access, and seasonal programs like VBS and Summerfest. These offerings work together to fulfill the church's mission of inspiring and equipping people to know Jesus, become like Jesus, and lead others to do the same.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PV Kids: Children's ministry program for birth through 5th grade, including nursery, children's church, and Wednesday evening Kids Rally activities.
• PV Students
• Kids Connection Learning Center (KCLC)
• Upward Sports
• PV Counseling Center
• PV Blog
• Twenty-Somethings

Products and services

• In-Person and Online Worship Services

Named customers3 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Sierra Leone Mission PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational mission partnership supporting kingdom work in Sierra Leone through mission trips and ongoing ministry support.
• India Mission PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational mission partnership supporting ministry leaders in India through mission trips and encouragement.
• Greece Mission PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational mission partnership working with Greek churches and refugee ministries in Greece through mission trips and construction projects.
• Ecuador Mission PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational mission partnership serving in Ecuador through mission trips and community support.
• Transformation Ministries (South Bend)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal mission partner in South Bend, Indiana where PV teams serve during spring break mission trips.
• Love INC (In As Much Ministries)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerLocal mission partner providing food assistance to Clay County residents through church collaboration.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Elevation Church: Charlotte-based evangelical church with comparable headcount, multi-site structure, and a comprehensive ministry portfolio across children, students, and adults. Comparable for its emphasis on digital content and weekend service engagement.
• Gateway Church: Southlake, Texas-based evangelical church with a similar Texas/Southern-scale operational footprint, multi-generational programming, and an emphasis on community groups and care ministries. Comparable in organizational structure and ministry breadth.
• Fellowship Church: Grapevine, Texas-based evangelical church known for innovative programming and family-focused ministry. Comparable in its multi-generational approach and emphasis on community engagement through small groups and outreach events.
• North Point Community Church: Atlanta-area evangelical megachurch founded by Andy Stanley. Comparable through its comprehensive ministry portfolio (children, students, adults, marriage, care), small group model, and emphasis on strategic teaching and next steps that parallels Pleasant Valley's 'belong, believe, become' framework.
• Watermark Church: Dallas-area evangelical church with extensive care ministries, community groups, counseling, and recovery programs. Most directly comparable to Pleasant Valley's care ministries portfolio (GriefShare, DivorceCare, Stephen Ministers, counseling center).
• Cross Church: Springdale, Arkansas-based Southern Baptist-affiliated multi-site church. Comparable as a Southern Baptist congregation with similar ministry portfolio, mission partnerships, and emphasis on community outreach and small group engagement.

Broad incumbents

• Saddleback Church: Lake Forest, California-based evangelical church with comparable comprehensive ministry programming across all life stages, including small groups, marriage, and care. Comparable in organizational scale and breadth of ministry offerings.
• Life.Church: One of the largest evangelical churches in the US, headquartered in Edmond, Oklahoma. Comparable through its multi-site digital model, the YouVersion Bible app, and emphasis on online engagement that mirrors Pleasant Valley's Church Center and YouTube streaming strategy.

Regional players

• Church of the Resurrection: The largest United Methodist congregation in the US, headquartered in Leawood, Kansas in the Kansas City metro. Operates extensive programming across multiple campuses and is the closest geographic peer in terms of multi-generational ministry portfolio and KCLC-type preschool offerings.

Others

• Upward Sports (parent organization): National youth sports ministry platform that Pleasant Valley licenses for its Upward Sports program. Comparable as the underlying provider of the church's youth sports franchise and a peer in the broader faith-based youth athletics ecosystem.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/pleasantvalleybaptistchurch
• Facebookfacebook.com/PleasantValleyBaptistChurch
• Instagraminstagram.com/pleasantvalleybaptistchurch
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pleasant-valley-baptist-church

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles14 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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